Basketball

The next goal is to create meaningful moments for the Miami Heat, meaningful playoff moments, after his first season with the team produced only a lottery finish. But for Luol Deng, what transpired Saturday in South Africa made the start of the 2015-16 basketball cycle particularly meaningful. No, not because he scored 20 points and made four 3-pointers in what turned into a 101-97 Team Africa loss to Team World in Johannesburg. But rather simply because of the venue and the preceding week of clinics across the continent for the native of South Sudan. "It meant a lot," Deng said after the NBA-sanctioned exhibition, the first such event in Africa. "As a kid growing up, I...

NEW YORK — Now there are only two teams and one game left in The Basketball Tournament.Overseas Elite, a group of young players playing basketball overseas boosted by an outstanding collection of lightning-quick guards, spanked arguably the most...

HARTFORD — When Rob McKiver of Philly's Subs picked up his sixth and final foul early in overtime Saturday afternoon, he was confident that the team remained in a good place."We've got a lot of young, talented guys who want to get better,"...

UNCASVILLE — As one three-pointer after another dropped for four unrelenting UConn seasons, the question was there. As Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis terrorized one campus after another with the most devastating perimeter shot in college history, the question...

UNCASVILLE — UConn players are not the only ones who can win in this state — the players they get traded for can be successful, too.
Shekinna Stricklen, who the Connecticut Sun acquired from the Seattle Storm in the offseason for former Husky Renee...

UNCASVILLE — As one three-pointer after another dropped for four unrelenting UConn seasons, the question were there. As Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis terrorized one campus after another with the most devastating perimeter shot in college history, the question...

HARTFORD — Jordan Dina arrived early at Sport & Medical Sciences Academy Wednesday evening and got up some extra shots before playing in the Greater Hartford Pro-Am."I was just feeling good," said Dina, originally from Bridgeport....

At Minneapolis, former UConn All-American Maya Moore scored 27 points and Lindsay Whalen had 24 to help the Minnesota Lynx hold off the Los Angeles Sparks 82-76 on Wednesday night, spoiling the season debut of two-time MVP Candace Parker.Moore and...

LeBron James' "favorite player" in the 2014 NBA draft now has something in common with James: both are former Miami Heat players.
The Sun Sentinel confirmed Sunday that the Heat will trade former UConn star Shabazz Napier to the Orlando Magic...

UNCASVILLE — All-Star Game or no All-Star Game, a huge moment and a big stage or a small moment and nobody else around on the UConn campus, Tina Charles knows the Maya Moore look.
"It's like she's possessed," Charles said after Moore decided...

UNCASVILLE — Just a few minutes into Saturday's WNBA All-Star Game at Mohegan Sun Arena, the Atlanta Dream's Angel McCoughtry, wearing the uniform of the East, swatted a shot from a West player into the seats behind the basket.
Within moments, McCoughtry...

UNCASVILLE — Had the West's Maya Moore not finished off the East with 10 points in the final 2:05 on Saturday, the MVP of the WNBA All-Star Game likely would have been Alex Bentley of the Connecticut Sun.
In her first All-Star appearance, Bentley led the...

Ryan Boatright went in facing long odds to win a spot in the NBA with the Brooklyn Nets, but because of his performances in the summer leagues, he appears to have shortened those odds considerably.
"We saw enough of Ryan's talents here to understand...

UNCASVILLE — There seemed little doubt that the Connecticut Sun faced a major problem before the season began. Injuries to Chiney Ogwumike, Kelsey Griffin, Allison Hightower and Danielle McCray and the retirement of Katie Douglas stripped the team of five...

HARTFORD — Cane Broome couldn't quite find his jump shot Wednesday night at the Greater Hartford Pro-Am. He's not used to the NBA three-point line and these first few summer league games have simply been about adjusting and finding comfort.That's...

MINNEAPOLIS — Camille Little hit a jumper, scoring her only points of the game, with 8 seconds left to help the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 78-77 in overtime Wednesday, ending a six-game losing streak.The Sun closed the game on a 7-2 run,...

In high school, Jacki Gemelos was supposed to be the next Diana Taurasi, but she had no idea her goal was about to take a sharp left.Other athletes have stumbled on the road to a pro career, but the 6-foot guard essentially had her legs taken out from...

Center Kelsey Bone and guard Alex Bentley of the Connecticut Sun have been named Eastern Conference reserves for the 2015 All-Star Game, to be played at Mohegan Sun Arena on Saturday.
"As a little girl, it's something that you always dream...

HARTFORD — With a few soft pull-up jumpers and thunderous slam dunks, Jalen Adams made his mark on the opening game of a Greater Hartford Pro-Am doubleheader Monday night at Sport & Medical Sciences Academy.
Adams, an incoming UConn freshman,...

WASHINGTON — The euphoria of a quick start has given way to the sobering task of getting their season back on track.That's how things have changed for the Connecticut Sun since the final seconds ticked off June 26 in their overtime win over the Los...